Huawei Targets Samsung's Note 4 With Its 6-inch Ascend Mate7

It's on. Well, according to Huawei at least. The Chinese manufacturer has just announced its 6-inch Ascend Mate7 to compete with the other big man on campus, the Galaxy Note 4.

Huawei promises that the Ascend Mate7 is its most powerful phablet to date, with an octa-core Huawei Kirin 925 processor. Which is made up of four large A15 1.8GHz chipsets and four small A7 1.3 GHz chipsets.

The idea is that the smaller chipsets will process the day-to-day functions of commonly used apps (which, apparently, makes up 80% of smartphone use) and the bigger chipsets will be utilised for gaming and other intense activity. Huawei claims that this activity management will save up to 50% of the battery.

Design wise, the Mate7 is made up of 95% metal, measures in at 7.9mm, weighs 185g and has a 2.9mm bezel.

The 13 mega-pixel rear-facing camera comes with
Sony&#039;s 4th generation BSI sensor and f/2.9 aperture that's also available in the Xperia series. Huawei has continued with its obsession with powerful front facing cameras and included a 5 mega-pixel snapper, alongside the usual image enhancement apps.

The 16GB version, which has 2GB of RAM, will retail at 499 euros and the 32GB version, which has 3GB of RAM, will ship for 599 euros. Both will be available in Q3 this year. Although, there's no date on when it will be shipping to the US.